(3) HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & FUMA vs. MIKAMI, Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi
◆Winner: HARASHIMA (10:53) following the Somato to Takanashi.~ KUDO announced that he’ll return in action on 2/17. Ura-shima-KUDO will continue as 4 man stable as FUMA (formerly known as Hiro Tsumaki) will become permanent member of the group.

(7) KO-D Openweight & DDT Extreme Double Championship Match: [44th Champion] Kenny Omega vs.[21st Champion] Isami Kodaka
◆Winner: Omega (23:14) following the Katayoku no Tenshi.
~ Kodaka fall on his 1st Defense. Omega is successful on 1st Defense. Omega become the 22nd DDT Extreme Champions and remains the 44th KO-D Openweight Champion.
~ Omega call HARASHIMA to be his next challenger for KO-D title since HARASHIMA pinned him last week in KO-D Tag title match. They will facing each other on 2/17.

~ Before the show Ric Flair announced that he will be unable to compete due to doctors orders. Flair said he is sorry for those who came to see him compete, but he said his son Reid will take his place in his match.

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Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki showed up in the ring. The 5 former NOAH wrestlers are now known as BURNING, and have come to compete in All Japan. Akiyama shook hands with All Japan’s President, Masayuki Uchida.

Uchida then announced the following matches will take place.

Akiyama & Shiozaki will be facing GET WILD for the Tag Belts on March 17th in Ryogoku.
Though before that there will be a special 5 Single Match Series of BURNING vs. AJPW on February 23rd at Korakuen Hall.
1. Aoki vs. Yamato
2. Kaz vs. Kotaro
3. Shiozaki vs. Soya
4. Akiyama vs. Omori
5. World Jr. Match: Kondo vs. Kanemaru
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(7) Special Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh & Reid Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami [DRADITION] & Seiya Sanada~ Ric Flair will be unable to compete due to doctors orders, Reid replaced him.
◆Winner: Sanada (15:31) with the THIS IS IT on Reid.

(8) Triple Crown Championship Match: [45th Champion] Masakatsu Funaki vs. [Challenger] Akebono
◆Winner: Funaki (11:54) following a PK.~ 4th Defense.
~ Suwama comes out to the ring with Doering & Chono and challenges Funaki for the next title match. Funaki accepts.
It will be Funaki vs. Suwama on March 17th in Ryogoku.
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1 show down and 2 more to go. Today’s show was more or less as prelude to what the weekend has in store for ths shows. Tomorrow’s big match will see Nakamura defending the IWGP IC belt against La Sombra.

(5) Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach Taniguchi Jr. vs. Harlem & Lance Bravado
◆Winner: Maybach Jr. (10:53) following the Touch-Out.~ Early speculation has Maybach Jr. as SUWA, many of this guys features are similar to SUWA from the jaw and build/size. SUWA also used to use a vertical drop brainbuster, which is the Touch-Out without a twist, but we will see what plays out in due time.

(6) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Sanshiro Takagi vs. [Challenger] FUJITAWinner: FUJITA (14:13) with a School Boy, FUJITA’s feet were also on the ropes.~ Champion falls on his first defense. FUJITA becomes the 3rd Champion.
~ FUJITA & Takagi shook hands after the match with Takagi asking for one more match. FUJITA “I will increase the value of the belt as champion”.

(1) Nobuyuki Kurashima vs. Akifumi Saito
◆Winner: Kurashima (6:50) with a German Suplex Hold.
(2) Gran Hamada & AKIRA vs. Hiro Saito & Masashi Aoyagi~ El Samurai was originally scheduled to team with Saito, but was forced to miss due to injury.
◆Winner: Saito (7:39) following a Diving Senton on Hamada.

(3) Katsumi Usuda & Alexander Otsuka vs. Super Tiger & Tiger Shark
◆Winner: Super Tiger (10:43) following a Jumping High Kick to Usuda.
(4) Daisuke Sekimoto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Akitoshi Saito & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
◆Winner: Sekimoto (15:55) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold on Takaiwa.~ There was tension between Sekimoto & Ishii before the start of the match, and it all came around full circle as Ishii turned on Sekimoto by delivering a lariat to him after the match. Saito helped Sekimoto to his feet afterwards.

(6) The Original Tiger Mask & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Atsushi Onita & Ichiro Yaguchi
◆Winner: Kobayashi (13:04) with a Fisherman’s Suplex Hold on Yaguchi.~ Onita sprayed mist at Tiger after the match and then attacked Kobayashi. It seems this war will never end with Onita no matter how many times he loses.

(5) Katsuhiko Nakajima & Tsurugi vs. Yuji Okabayashi [BJW] & Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW]
◆Winner: Nakajima (17:03) following a Vertical Drop Brainbuster on Kamitani.~ I guess it wouldn’t be too far fetched for us to see Nakajima vs. Okabayashi one on one in the neat future, maybe potentially on February 11th.
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(1) Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Mineo Fujita
◆Winner: Mineo (7:12) following a strike with a bucket.
(2) KAMIKAZE vs. Will Gibson
◆Winner: Gibson (9:41) with a Liger Bomb.~ Will Gibson aims for another match against Raideen for the UN Heavyweight belt.
(3) Hardcore Weapon Match: Masato Tanaka, Naoshi Sano & Gangnam Style vs. Rikiya Fudo, KAMIKAZE & Shinsuke Z Wakataka
◆Winner: KAMIKAZE (13:21) with a Moonsault Press on Gangnam Style.
(4) Kohei Sato & Ryoji Sai vs. Jason New & Travis Banks
◆Winner: Sai (16:50) following the Nachi Falls to New.~ Sai announced that he aims to become the top wrestler in ZERO1. Sai seemed to have regressed in the last year, but it seems he has found himself a new drive and plans to make the most of it.

ZERO1 announced a match for their next show on January 18th as Travis Banks will face Daisuke Sekimoto one on one.
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